veal

     

Veal is the meat of calves (young cattle). Though veal can be prouced from any calf, most veal comes from male calves of dairy cattle breeds. Compared to other meats, veal has a delicate taste and tender texture.

Trivia about veal

  • Osso bucco is the shank cut of this meat
  • For your dining pleasure, we'll be serving this meat tonight with a Marsala sauce, or in osso buco
  • From the French for "calf", it's meat from a calf
  • A summer favorite, vitello tonnato is this meat served cold in a tuna sauce
  • Piccata,Wiener schnitzel,scallopine
  • Vitello alla Genovese is scallops of this meat with artichoke hearts & white wine
  • Though there are no precise age standards for this, the term is used for a young calf who didn't make it past 3 mos.
  • Vitello tonnato is this meat cooked in a tuna & mayonnaise puree